# Mickey Keliher

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{{Short description|American baseball player (1890–1930)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name       =Mickey Keliher
| position   =[First baseman](/source/First_baseman)
| bats       =Left
| throws     =Left
| birth_date  ={{birth date|1890|1|11}}
| birth_place =[Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.), U.S.
| death_date  ={{death date and age|1930|9|7|1890|1|11}}
| death_place =Washington, D.C., U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
| debutdate  =September 9
| debutyear  =1911
| debutteam  =Pittsburgh Pirates
|finalleague = MLB
| finaldate  =May 9
| finalyear  =1912
| finalteam  =Pittsburgh Pirates
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label  =[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value  =.000
|stat2label  =[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value  =0
|stat3label  =[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in)
|stat3value  =0
| teams      =
*[Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates) ({{Baseball year|1911}}–{{Baseball year|1912}})
}}
'''Maurice Michael Keliher''' (January 11, 1890 – September 7, 1930) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) [first baseman](/source/first_baseman). He played in three games for the [1911 Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/1911_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season) and in 2 games for the [1912 Pirates](/source/1912_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season). In 7 at-bats he never recorded a Major League hit.

He began his professional career in 1910 with Petersburg and Portsmouth of the Virginia League.  After his major league appearances he continued to play in the minor leagues.  He spent the last four years of his minor career (1926–1929) with the class D [Blue Ridge League](/source/Blue_Ridge_League).  In 1926, he led the Blue Ridge League with a .370 batting average.<ref>{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball|year=2007|publisher=[Baseball America](/source/Baseball_America)|pages=302}}</ref>  He was later a player/manager for the [Chambersburg Maroons](/source/Chambersburg_Maroons) (1927–1928) and [Hagerstown Hubs](/source/Hagerstown_Hubs) (1929).

In 1930, Keliher was killed in a car accident in Washington, D.C. Murder charges were filed against two men after witnesses stated they saw Keliher be thrown out of the car before the collision.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 8, 1930 |title=Popular Ball Player Killed by Companions |work=Covington Virginian |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111063813/covington-virginian/}}</ref>

==Further reading==
*Johnson, Lloyd and Wolff, Miles, editors: ''Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball.'' Durham, North Carolina Publisher: [Baseball America](/source/Baseball_America), 2007. Format: Hardback, 767 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-932391-17-6}}

== References ==
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Category:Pittsburgh Pirates players
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Category:Minor league baseball managers
Category:Portsmouth Truckers players
Category:Petersburg Goobers players
Category:Montreal Royals players
Category:Hartford Senators players
Category:Worcester Busters players
Category:Richmond Climbers players
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Category:Peoria Tractors players
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Category:Rocky Mount Tar Heels players
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Category:Norfolk Tars players
Category:Decatur Commodores players
Category:Martinsburg Blue Sox players
Category:Chambersburg Maroons players
Category:Hagerstown Hubs players
Category:Road incident deaths in Washington, D.C.
Category:Burials at Mount Olivet Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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